GAKDKX CLl'B!5 IX SCHOOLS OF ENtJLEWOOD, X. J. .'^3 



thin;; th;it wo tin imt uiuU'istaiul, \vt' can ask Mr. Siuitli wIumi hv ralU i.- -•»• 

 tuir ;:ai-»h'iis, or writo him n post i-ar»l addressed lo laherty School. 



Socoiul, we must phiiit vegetables hi the siiaees left by the removal of the 

 early crops. Already some of the boys and .:rlrls have planted late beets, rad- 

 islies, turnli>s, beans, and many other ve;ietables which they will show at the 

 fair. Mr. Smith can also help in choosing late crops for this purpose. 



If we are not careful, some of our fellow club members who are already pii- 

 parini: for their part of the exhibit will j^et ahead of us. None of us dare 

 allow thi.s, because our exhibit at the fair counts one-third toward the linal 

 mark for the season upon the basis of which prizes are uwardetl. ^Vside from 

 these prizes for the work of the season, there will be preniiunis offered at the 

 fair for the best exhibits. Now let us all |j;et to work and show the other 

 memlH.'rs of the club as well as tiie public that we know what we are doin^' 

 and that our part of the Fourth of July parade was merely a sample of what 

 we stand for. 



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A St AST Fou Next Yk.\k. 



Another thiuK in repjard to which we should look ahead !>; our j;:ii*deiun;x 

 activities for next year. Now is tiie lime to deciile on what we expect to do 

 then. Our plans do not need to be completel.v made out at this time, but if the 

 best results are to be obtained there are some tlunj;s which should be done. 



First of all we should decide on the size of garden which we expect tt> 

 cultivate. We have all learued b.v a year of exjierience that we can make 

 vefretables j.'row and have {rained some idea of the size of LMrden that we can 

 successfully ojKjrate. That is, we know just about how much land we can i»re- 

 pare for planting, plant, and care for throughout the summer. Most of us can 

 proudly say that we feel that next year we can care for a larger plat of ground 

 than we liave now and do it in a better way than we have cared for our gar- 

 dens this year. Some of us have even gotten into our heads the idea that we 

 can use one of the vacant lots in our neighl)orhood for a garden similar to the 

 one acro.ss from Cleveland School, which is owned by the garden clubs. (If you 

 have not .seen this garden, be sure to visit and ask questions of the boys who 

 take care of it.) This is all tine, but whatever we undertake to do next year 

 should be thouglit of now. The thing to do first is to decide on liow large a 

 garden we wish to care for next year. 



When this is (h'ternrned. the next step is to decide where tiie garden is to be 

 ikituated, if we have not already its location in mind. The (|uestion for each 

 of us is whether it will be in my back yard or whether it will be in a vacant lot 

 near home. I'idess our ba<'k yards do not afl'onl a place for a garden, or 

 unless that place is not large enough for what we wish to undertake, we 

 should use it in preference t() a vacant lot. Hut if we can not do as we j)lease 

 in our back yards, we should go to the neare.st vacant lot which we think would 

 answer our purpose and sec-ure the use of It for next year. Mr. Smith can help 

 you do thi.s. 



Now that the size of the garden and its location Is dwided upon, work should 

 \ie starte«l at once in getting the ground into shai>e for next year. This is very 

 important, although it seems like a long time before the land is to l)e use«l. 

 The good farmers that we visitfl <iii oni- liiit.iUM.iiili' (rips plan ou the use of 



